This groovy Traffic song was a cover in Phish’s early repertoire for a little cover two years. After its first performance on 12/6/86, it continued to delight fans until its seemingly final performance on 3/1/89. Many thought it was gone for good, and with the funk renaissance of ‘97 and ‘98, it’s a wonder that the band didn’t revisit this song. Yet after an 1090-show absence Phish lit up Big Cypress on 12/30/99 with an especially fiery version of the groove-rock classic.

Jumping ahead a full decade from Big Cypress – including a "hiatus," a "break-up" and 181 shows – "Light Up" made a triumphant (though unfinished) return on 7/1/10 in Raleigh, the last in a series of bust-outs that day that also included "Time Loves a Hero" and "Have Mercy." Instead of going back to mothballs for another decade, "Light Up" has stuck around in light rotation with subsequent appearances on 8/9/10 in Telluride, 10/29/10 in Atlantic City, and an especially fierce, unique (also unfinished) version on 6/14/11 in Alpharetta, GA.

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